As far as I'm concerned Ovie's suspension was fair. Pretty much everything Shanahan said in the video can easily be seen by watching the hit. Head shot really has nothing to do with it either. You can not lunge into a check taking your skates clean off the ice before even making contact. Idiotic play by Ovie. That's about it. Michalek should have gotten a fine or a game though. You have to be smarter when pursuing a player into the end boards/corner. He was completely out of control.

I'm really starting to figure out why this thread sucks compared to NFL and NBA. Not enough actual discussion on relevant information. How many people come in here and do nothing but say the score of their favourite teams game? No one cares to read that as if they actually follow the league they probably already know the score of the game. Where are people that actually want to have in-depth discussions on this league beyond discuss their favourite team? Who actually knows anything about this league other than blindly following their home team? Sound off people! This thread can be so much better.

As far as I'm concerned Ovie's suspension was fair. Pretty much everything Shanahan said in the video can easily be seen by watching the hit. Head shot really has nothing to do with it either. You can not lunge into a check taking your skates clean off the ice before even making contact. Idiotic play by Ovie. That's about it. Michalek should have gotten a fine or a game though. You have to be smarter when pursuing a player into the end boards/corner. He was completely out of control.

I'm really starting to figure out why this thread sucks compared to NFL and NBA. Not enough actual discussion on relevant information. How many people come in here and do nothing but say the score of their favourite teams game? No one cares to read that as if they actually follow the league they probably already know the score of the game. Where are people that actually want to have in-depth discussions on this league beyond discuss their favourite team? Who actually knows anything about this league other than blindly following their home team? Sound off people! This thread can be so much better.

NHL isn't really popular on these boards which is really weird, i know what you mean though.

I'll try and get some discussions going from now on, maybe people will join in.

Perhaps I should try carrying the activity of this thead like I do the others.

Ovie's hit warrented a suspension, that hit was completely illegal no matter hwo you look at it, kinda upset he won't be in the all star activities though as I always found him a very entertaining player to watch.

Did anyone see Spezza got hit in the face with the puck during warm up now? After what happened to Taylor Hall I really have no idea why these guys don't where a helmet in warm up. Iginla hasn't worn a helmet in warm up for his entire career but now does after the Hall incident. What I really don't get is, why would players want to warm up without a helmet when they have to play the game with it on? You'd think you'd want to warm up in the same way you play the game. Especially those that wear visors.

^ Someone on an NHL show (I think NHL on NBC) mentioned possibly making it mandatory to wear helmets in warmups. I think at a certain point, teams are gonna get sick of seeing some of their top players getting taken out by pucks and skates before the game.